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Harberton Folk Circular - Monday 23 May 2022
Part One - A full listing to the end of June
Part Two below - One liners for July
Part Three below - Other stuff
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Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
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***** Part One *****
Thursday 26 May 2022
8pm - Nick Harper
- Tavistock Wharf
(map)
Nick Harper returns to the South West with a brand new, magical project –
Phantastes. Phantastes is an ethereal dream realm of an album that explores the
parallels of the seminal fantasy novel of the same name by George MacDonald and
the beginnings of Nick’s own love story from 1982. Totally divorced from 2020 in
time and space, the album has been enthusiastically received by fans seeking a
temporary refuge from the here and now.
Full details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
Friday 27 May 2022 7.30pm -
Nick Harper
- St Mary the Virgin Church, Abbotsbury,
Newton Abbot TQ12 2ND
Nick Harper returns to the South West with a brand new, magical project –
Phantastes. Phantastes is an ethereal dream realm of an album that explores the
parallels of the seminal fantasy novel of the same name by George MacDonald and
the beginnings of Nick’s own love story from 1982. Totally divorced from 2020 in
time and space, the album has been enthusiastically received by fans seeking a
temporary refuge from the here and now.
Full details
www.worldunlimited.co.uk/whats-on.
Friday 27 May 2022 8.30pm - House Concert: Owen Shires - Hatch Court, Churchstow
Welsh singer songwriter performing at an intimate house concert. This is a non
ticketed event with donations on the door. Doors 7.30pm. For reservations and
enquiries please contact Mark Arnold at
wheelwrightmark@gmail.com or
07730 921192. No bar
so BYO.
27-29 May 2022
- Trad at The Tor: Arranging Traditional Music Course - Leighon House, Manaton,
Newton Abbot, TQ13 9UP
Weekend residential course with tutors Louis Bingham, Tom Oakes and Griselda
Sanderson for intermediate to advanced instrumental musicians who would like to
develop the tools for arranging traditional music for ensemble. Each of the
three tutors will explore different techniques, rotating groups of players to
produce dynamic arrangements of traditional music from Scandinavia, Brittany,
Ireland and beyond. Set in a beautiful location a stone's throw from Hound Tor,
this is a weekend of oral learning. Participants will be expected to learn
quickly by ear and memorise with the aid of a recording device. Camping is free,
and chef-prepared meals are included in the price. For more information email
gris_sanderson@hotmail.com; More
details:
www.wegottickets.com/event/542951.
Saturday 28 May 2022
8pm - Show of Hands with special guests Track Dogs - The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot, Liskeard
(map)
Take six voices, add fiddle, cajon, trumpet, banjo, guitars, bass and mandolin.
Season with sun-soaked Latin rhythms then throw in a West Country heartbeat and
you have an unmissable collaboration between folk legends Steve Knightley and
Phil Beer and the Madrid based Irish American roots quartet, Track Dogs. Full
details
www.carnglaze.com.
Saturday 28 May
2022 - Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Standing:
The most famous bagpipe band on the planet are famed for their infectious style
of feel good music. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
Saturday 28 May 2022 8pm - Exeter Ceilidh: with
Chris Toyne's Big Band
- Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter
EX6 7UE
Entry £8, (U16 £4, U10 free). BYO water / alcohol. Exeter Ceilidhs is a season of ceilidhs / barn dances featuring
local bands and callers. See
www.exeterceilidhs.net
for full details. Contact: Jeremy on 07969 297633, email
contact@exeterceilidhs.net.
Saturday 28 May 2022 - Kate Rusby -
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
www.hallforcornwall.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 28 May
2022 7.30pm - One Night in Texas - Palace
Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton TQ3 3HF (map)
Featuring an all-live fiddle and banjo-headed band
with male and female lead vocals and packed with more songs than you can shake a
stetson at, this country music extravaganza will have you (line) dancing in the
aisles. Full details
www.palacetheatrepaignton.co.uk/shows/one-night-in-texas.
Sunday 29 May 2022 7.45pm - Kenny Speirs -
Folk on the Moor,
The Exchange, 1
Fore Street, Ivybridge PL21 9AB
Originally a guitarist and vocallist with The
John Wright Band, Kenny went on to form "Real Time" with his late partner, Judy
Dinning, and then to develop a successful solo career. Anthony John Clarke sums
him up beautifully: "Kenny Speirs' lifetime in music is legendary. His songs and
voice resonate from the Scottish Borders and beyond accross the folk music
world. He has been there and done it. A proper master of his craft." For
reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
Wednesday 1
June 2022
7.30pm - Show of Hands with special guests Track Dogs -
Exeter Cathedral
Take six voices, add fiddle, cajon, trumpet, banjo, guitars, bass and mandolin.
Season with sun-soaked Latin rhythms then throw in a West Country heartbeat and
you have an unmissable collaboration between folk legends Steve Knightley and
Phil Beer and the Madrid based Irish American roots quartet, Track Dogs.
www.showofhands.co.uk.
NEW Wednesday 1
June 2022 7.30pm - The Rosie Brown Band - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Weaving folk, jazz and blues influences, with glimpses of Joni Mitchell, Nick
Drake and vintage John Martyn, the band expresses a musical sensibility all of
its own. Drawing on country, 60s surf and classical, this is beguiling and
intricate music, filmic and funky, full of emotion. Songs with surfaces light
and shimmering, evocative of landscape, love, loss, darkness and light
www.rosiebrown.com. Full
details
www.wegottickets.com/event/547431.
NEW Thursday 2
June 2022 8pm - The Rosie Brown Band - The Coffee Cellar, Exeter Quay
Weaving folk, jazz and blues influences, with glimpses of Joni Mitchell, Nick
Drake and vintage John Martyn, the band expresses a musical sensibility all of
its own. Drawing on country, 60s surf and classical, this is beguiling and
intricate music, filmic and funky, full of emotion. Songs with surfaces light
and shimmering, evocative of landscape, love, loss, darkness and light
www.rosiebrown.com.
Tickets adv only, £8 at
www.seetickets.com/event/the-rosie-brown-band/the-coffee-cellar/2338137.
Music in the Quay of Exe is a loose collective of venues and local musicians
spawned by the First Thursday Club@The Hourglass. For more information, contact
Rob Brown: 07973 779558;
brownstheword@gmail.com.
2-5 June 2022 - Exmouth Festival
Multi-genre (free) festival. See
www.facebook.com/ExmouthFestival.
Friday 3 June 2022 -
Special Jubilee Concert - Milverton Music, Victoria Rooms, Fore St, Milverton, Taunton TA4 1JU
The Silver Street Band guest singers & musicians play a Jubilee concert. All
ticket money at £5 to the Ukraine appeal. Doors 7.30pm. BYO drinks and food.
www.milvertonmusic.co.uk.
Saturday 4 June 2022 12noon - The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir - Exmouth
Short set at Exmouth Festival. Free.
www.facebook.com/ExmouthFestival,
www.thelostsound.co.uk/concerts-and-gigs.
Sunday 5 June 2022 -
Chris Smither - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Honing his synthesis of folk and blues for over 50 years, Chris Smither,
truly an American original, returns to the UK to perform music from his vast
song catalogue. Support: Zak Trojano. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Tuesday 7 June 2022 8pm - The Exmouth Shanty Men - The Beach Pub, Exmouth EX8 1DR
Shanty Singing at Beach Pub. Another of our ever popular informal
Shanty sessions at the Beach Pub - our home 'port' in Exmouth. It's on the
Esplanade if you don't know it, adjacent to the docks and marina. If the weather
is good we will no doubt sing outdoors first, followed by retiring into the
Beach to complete the evening. It's free, so hope to see you there.
www.exmouthshantymen.com.
Wednesday 8
June 2022 - John Kirkpatrick: The Victorian Farmer's Year in Song
- Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Following his appearances on the massively popular TV series “Victorian
Farm”, John Kirkpatrick presents a programme of traditional songs to take us
through a year in the countryside, reflecting the highs and lows of each season,
and giving an authentic voice to the old way of life. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
Friday 10 June 2022 - Jim Causley - Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG
(map)
Since the release of his debut album in 2005, Causley’s unique voice and persona
have helped him become one of the most well-loved and respected figures of
today’s contemporary roots and folk scene. “The finest singer of his generation”
Mojo Magazine “A voice in a million” Geoff Lakeman. Full details
www.ottertonmill.com/events.
NEW Saturday 11
June 2022 7.30pm - Honey & The Bear - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
British folk and roots duo Honey & The Bear combines delicately
interweaving vocal harmonies with emotive and evocative songwriting. With a
diverse range of sounds and textures, and rhythms that flow from the fast and
furious to gentle ballads, their live performances are spirited and dynamic.
Conjuring stories in song, they tell tales of Suffolk folklore, courageous
people they admire, their passion for nature and the odd heartbreak or two.
Full details
www.wegottickets.com/event/543496.
Sunday 12 June 2022 3pm - Jim Causley: Songs of Devon - Galmpton Primary
School, Greenway Road, Brixham TQ5 0LT (map)
Rescheduled from Sunday 20 March: A concert of traditional Devonshire songs. Hosted by Brixham Folk Club;
support: Maggie Duffy. Doors 2.30pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concs) are available from
jocastle_4@hotmail.com.
Sunday 12 June 2022 7.45pm - State of the Union
-
Folk on the Moor,
The Exchange, 1
Fore Street, Ivybridge PL21 9AB
Acclaimed songwriter Boo Hewerdine and
Americana singer/songwriter Brooks Williams create a magical, stripped back and
enthralling musical atmosphere with two guitars and two voices. Their
performances are consistently brilliant, equal parts emotive and entertaining
and their songs equal parts wit, whimsy and pathos. For
reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
Thursday 16
June
2022
8pm - Nancy Kerr & James
Fagan - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
One of the best-known and most experienced folk
duos on the British circuit today. Outstanding musicianship, a lifelong
grounding in traditional singing and instrumental playing, acclaimed original
compositions but most noticeably a visceral chemistry between these two make
Kerr and Fagan a perennial favourite at festivals, venues and clubs across the
country. Full details www.calstockarts.org.
Friday 17 June
2022 7.30pm - Jim Causley - Red Lion, 8 Shobrooke Village, Crediton EX17 1AT
Drawing from the collections of Victorian folksong collectors such as Sabine
Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, more modern collectors and writers including Cyril
Tawney and Tony Rose, Edwardian ballads and Music Hall ditties, as well as a few
of his own self-penned hits, proud Devonian, awarding winning folk singer and
musician Jim Causley presents an evening jam-packed with Devonshire delights
that richly bring to life the distinct flavour of music making from this unique
corner of the British Isles. Full details
www.villagesinaction.co.uk/events/jim-causley-traditional-songs-of-devon.
NEW Friday 17 June 2022 7.30pm - Kingsbridge Live Music:
Silvington - Regal Club, Church Street,
Kingsbridge TQ7 1DD
£2 entrance plus donations. Contact Norman 07766 766171 or John 07939 411985
for details.
NEW Friday 17 June 2022 -
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - Milverton Music, Victoria Rooms, Fore St, Milverton, Taunton TA4 1JU
We welcome back this very popular, multi award-winning husband and wife duo who
exude timeless class with their exquisite brand of traditional and contemporary
music. They last played for us back in 2017 and we are really looking forward to
hearing them again.
www.milvertonmusic.co.uk.
NEW
17-19 June 2022 - Craft Festival - Bovey
Tracey
See Bovey Tracey event details at
www.craftfestival.co.uk.
Musical entertainment includes Cosgrave & Soph contemporary folk, Griselda
Sanderson, Annika Skoogh Latin duo, Becky Brine, Saff Juno. More Music to be
announced.
NEW
Saturday 18 June 2022 - Veronica Sbergia & Max De Bernardi - Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG
(map)
The Red Wine Serenaders. “When it comes to knowing about Americana these two are
right up there! Country blues, ragtime, vaudeville and even a little old time
C&W. Max is a very accomplished guitarist and a strong vocalist, whilst Veronica
plays a mean washboard, ukulele and possesses a strong vocal styling. Very
uplifting music! So if you get the chance to see this duo in concert, take it!”
– Mike Verno. Full details
www.ottertonmill.com/events.
NEW
Sunday 19 June 2022
7.30pm - Cara Dillon
-
Dartington Great Hall, Totnes TQ9 6DE (map)
Cara occupies an enviable position at the very top of her genre. This
extraordinary Irish singer has been captivating audiences and achieving
exceptional acclaim for over 20 years. Full details
www.dartington.org/whats-on.
NEW Thursday 23
June 2022 - Laura Veirs
- Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Exquisite country/folk singer from the US.
Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Friday 24 June 2022 8pm -
Richard Digance - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge PL21 0SZ (map)
Richard Digance is a BAFTA Nominated entertainer and a recipient of The Gold
Award from The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. He is also one of a
handful of folksinger/songwriters listed in The Virgin Anthology of Songwriters. Full details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 25 June 2022 7pm - The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir - YHA Dartmoor,
Bellever PL20 6TU
The Lost Sound are in full voice in their outdoor 'Wild Folk' tour with an
exciting concert of folk songs from the British Isles, Europe and America in
glorious a cappella harmony. With full choir, both male and female ensembles,
new singers, new soloists and new trios, come and be serenaded in the Wild, as
the sun goes down on the edge of Bellever Forest. Bar available bring seating
and blankets You can also book to stay over at the YHA directly with them. Full
concert for Solstice weekend. Bar available. Car park close by. Please bring own
seating/ blankets to keep warm. Full details, tickets
www.thelostsound.co.uk/concerts-and-gigs.
NEW
Saturday 25 June 2022 8pm - Exeter Ceilidh: with
Home Brew - Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter
EX6 7UE
Entry £8, (U16 £4, U10 free). BYO water / alcohol. Exeter Ceilidhs is a season of ceilidhs / barn dances featuring
local bands and callers. See
www.exeterceilidhs.net
for full details. Contact: Jeremy on 07969 297633, email
contact@exeterceilidhs.net.
NEW
Sunday 26 June 2022 8pm -
Spiers & Boden - Matthews Hall,
Fore Street, Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Spiers & Boden first rocketed onto the music scene in 2001 quickly winning a
clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and went on to become one of the best loved
duos on the English folk scene and beyond. John and Jon were also founding
members of the pioneering and hugely successful folk big band Bellowhead whose
stellar career increasingly came to dominate their time. But now after exploring
solo projects the duo is back with a brand new 13 track album ‘Fallow Ground’
and UK tour.
www.spiersandboden.com.
www.topshamfolkclub.org. Bookings
www.wegottickets.com/event/535021.
NEW
6.45pm - Jon Boden's Colourchord Workshop
A free harmony singing workshop to take place for 30 mins before doors of our
Spiers & Boden show
http://colourchord.org. Booking essential, places limited:
www.wegottickets.com/event/547634.
NEW
Sunday 26 June 2022 7.45pm - Steve Tilston -
Folk on the Moor,
The Exchange, 1
Fore Street, Ivybridge PL21 9AB
Anyone wanting a supreme demonstration of the
singer/songwriter’s art should not miss tonight’s performance. Writer of such
classics as “The Reckoning” and “Slipjigs and Reels”, Steve is also an
outstanding guitarist standing “shoulder to shoulder with any
guitarist/songwriter in the world.” For
reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Tuesday 28
June 2022 7.30pm - Henhouse Prowlers
- St Mary the Virgin Church, Abbotsbury,
Newton Abbot TQ12 2ND
The Henhouse Prowlers are Bluegrass Ambassadors. Founded over 16 years
ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, this quartet
now finds themselves at the intersection of performance, diplomacy and
education. Full details
www.worldunlimited.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Wednesday 29
June 2022 - Martin Carthy
- Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Ballad singer, ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
***** Part Two - One-liners for July *****
Saturday 2 July 7pm - The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir - Mothecombe PL8
ILA
Thursday 7 July - Danni Nicholls - Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton
Saturday 9 July 8pm - Alasdair
Roberts - Calstock Arts
Saturday 9 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm - Rhythm Of The Dance - Palace
Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton
Sunday 10 July 7.45pm - Richard Grainger -
Folk on the Moor,
The Exchange, 1
Fore Street, Ivybridge
Thursday 14
July 7.30pm -
Gigspanner Big Band and Raynor Winn: Saltlines
- Exmouth Pavilion
Friday 15 July 7.30pm - Kingsbridge Live Music: Rhillig - Regal Club, Church
Street, Kingsbridge
Friday 15 July 7.30pm - Ninebarrow - St John The Baptist Church, Walkhampton Road, Horrabridge PL20 7RF
Saturday 16 July 7.30pm - Ninebarrow - St Andrew's Church, Market Place, Colyton EX24 6JS
Saturday 23 July - Mississippi MacDonald
- Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton
Sunday 24 July 7.45pm - Winter Wilson -
Folk on the Moor,
The Exchange, 1
Fore Street, Ivybridge
***** Part Three - Other Stuff *****
Monday 30 May 2022 11am-4pm - Exeter Phoenix,
Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
From the EFDSS: National Youth Folk Ensemble Open Day
"We are making music in-person again and welcoming young musicians to our
brand-new National Youth Folk Ensemble Open Days! Take part in a band for a day,
develop your creativity, play by ear, learn from inspiring professional
musicians and explore folk music with other young people." Full details
www.efdss.org/learning/young-people/national-youth-folk-ensemble/open-days.
29 July to 5 August 2022 - Sidmouth Folk Festival
Event tickets are now available and the Taster Programme has been launched. See
www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk for details and sign up at to receive regular email updates for the
festival.
Musicians / Bands / Performers sought for
fundraiser at the Guildhall Axminster
"We are putting on 2 fundraisers to raise funds for an aid trip to Ukraine.
They are to be held as follows:
2nd of June 1-5pm. (Classical / folk music gig)
3rd of June 6-10pm. (Rock /pop/ music gig)
We are desperately looking for any musicians / bands or performers that would
perform for us on either of these events. I know it is short notice and as it is
a charity event there is little money to pay performers, but if anyone could
help we would be extremely grateful.
Contact Michelle Willcocks on 01297 32322, email dawn_willcocks[at]hotmail.com."
Harberton Folk Circular - Friday 6 May 2022
Part One - A full listing to mid-June
Part Two below - Other stuff
The full open-ended Southern
Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
***** Part One *****
***** Part Two - Other Stuff *****
Plymouth Community Folk Orchestra - Reminder
Tuesday mornings 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 14, 21, 28 June, 5, 12, 19 July - 11am to
12.30pm. £8 per session. Concession available
At Emmanuel Church Hall, Compton Avenue, (corner of Mannamead Road) Plymouth,
PL3 5BZ
Make a big band, make some music, have some fun! All levels of ability welcome.
Play music from Devon and beyond. Develop music skills and learning by ear. Play
in harmony. Scores and sound files provided. The Community Folk Orchestra is
‘open’ - so, there are no auditions and all are welcome to come along.
Participants can join at any time. You will, however, need an acoustic
instrument, some enthusiasm and a willingness to participate! For more
information contact David Faulkner 07967 121985 /
david.eelgrinders@gmail.com.
www.facebook.com/PlymouthCommunityFolkOrchestra.
General items retained from previous circulars
As many readers will know, some venues run their own email lists advertising
their forthcoming events, but these tend to be mostly on a relatively short-term
basis, i.e. a few weeks or a couple of months ahead. I try to periodically scan
through the website listings of venues, which sometimes stretch up to 12 months
into the future, and include all relevant dates to produce a single reasonably
comprehensive listing for all the following venues in the open-ended Diary on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk:
Ashburton Arts, Brixham Theatre, Calstock Arts, Calstock Hall, Dartington Great
Hall, The Flavel arts centre in Dartmouth, Exeter venues (Barnfield Theatre,
Corn Exchange, Cygnet Theatre, Phoenix Arts Centre), Exmouth Pavilion, The
Beehive arts centre in Honiton, The Watermark arts centre in Ivybridge, Folk on
the Moor Folk Club in Ivybridge, Graham Radley's World Unlimited events at
Abbotsbury Church in Newton Abbot, Otterton Mill, Paignton's Palace Theatre,
B-Bar and Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions, The Wharf at
Tavistock, Topsham Folk Club, Barrel House Ballroom in Totnes.
I have just completed such a scan so there's a huge amount of new information
in the Diary, right up to the end of the year, and even beyond.
I am also extremely grateful to those various individuals, event/club organisers
and venue managers who send me information for inclusion directly.
Plymouth Community Folk Orchestra - Starting in
May
Tuesday mornings 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 14, 21, 28 June, 5, 12, 19 July - 11am to
12.30pm. £8 per session. Concession available
At Emmanuel Church Hall, Compton Avenue, (corner of Mannamead Road) Plymouth,
PL3 5BZ
Make a big band, make some music, have some fun! All levels of ability welcome.
Play music from Devon and beyond. Develop music skills and learning by ear. Play
in harmony. Scores and sound files provided. The Community Folk Orchestra is
‘open’ - so, there are no auditions and all are welcome to come along.
Participants can join at any time. You will, however, need an acoustic
instrument, some enthusiasm and a willingness to participate! For more
information contact David Faulkner 07967 121985 /
david.eelgrinders@gmail.com.
www.facebook.com/PlymouthCommunityFolkOrchestra.
Session news
Saturday 9 April 2022 7.30pm - Monthly Session - Who'd Have Thought It Inn, St Dominick, Saltash PL12 6TG
In the conservatory. Flat car park adjacent. 01579 350214.
Exmouth Folk Club
The Club has resumed its regular 4th Sunday meets, 7-10pm at the GWRSA Railway Club, 3-5 Royal Avenue, Exmouth EX8
1EN.
For more information call Chris Austin 07812 688432. Free admission, all
performers and supporters welcome, acoustic only. Real ales are served and there
is parking and level access.
www.facebook.com/groups/exmouthfolk.
Teign Maritime & Shanty Festival, Teignmouth/Shaldon
The organisers have decided that this successful festival will become a
bi-annual event and so the next festival will now be in 2023; the planned
festival in 2022 will now not take place. Read the full story here
www.facebook.com/TeignShantyFestival.
FlaxeyGreen website to close (www.flaxey-green.co.uk)
- Trevor says:
"I would like to say a very big thank to everyone who has supported this website
over the past 22 years, and I hope it has been of some help to you.
I have been informed by Devon Folk they are setting up a new website called the
Devon Folk Directory (www.devonfolkdirectory.org).
Much of the information planned to be held in the Devon Folk Directory will
duplicate information currently held on FlaxeyGreen. Therefore, I have decided
to close FlaxeyGreen from September 2022."
A date some might want to note:
NEW
Saturday 19 November 2022 - Bellowhead - Plymouth Pavilions
Back together for a one-off tour to celebrate Broadside 10th Anniversary. Full
details
www.plymouthpavilions.com.
Coming up from World Unlimited
- at
St Mary the Virgin Church, Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 2ND
(formerly in St Mary's Church, Kingskerswell
)
See
www.worldunlimited.co.uk
for full details (plus several other gigs of different genres):
NEW Saturday 21 May - Old Baby
Mackerel
NEW Tuesday 28 June - Henhouse
Prowlers
Update from Lympstone Folk
Lympstone Folk is back up and running (normally) on the fourth Wednesday of the
month. Venue is upstairs at the Redwing Inn, Church Rd, Lympstone EX8 5JT. Start
time is 8pm. All acoustic music welcome. Contact me
ollydavey1950@gmail.com, 07741
409265.
Lympstone Folk did not however meet last Wednesday due to a Covid outbreak at
the pub, so we'll meet on the 1st and 29th December. Normal service will resume
in the New Year.
Are you interested in learning to dance Morris? Dartington Morris...
... are now welcoming dancers of any gender! We are keen to encourage anyone
interested in this fascinating English tradition, so come along and give Morris
a go! Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced dancer, join us for
our Friday night practice sessions. We meet at Dartington Primary School every
Friday from 8pm to 10pm.
www.dartingtonmorris.uk.
Contact the Bagman for further details:
bag@dartingtonmorris.uk.
New acoustic music session at the Crooked Spire Pub, Ermington
"I am initiating a new acoustic music session at the Crooked Spire Pub,
Ermington with co-operation from the landlord.. It's called Country Meets Folk.
The emphasis being Americana country music, including Appalachian, but with a
folk, Dylanesque/Cash mix. So, a fusion of the two. I therefore invite acoustic
musicians and singers with an acceptable musical ability who may be interested
in playing solo or together. Meeting every First Monday of the Month, starting
8pm. Keith"
Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
I've always thought of Lyme Regis being well outside my normal coverage
(loosely defined as "within a 30-mile radius of Totnes as the crow flies" or
"the southern half of Devon), but Google Earth tells me that the town is only
about 39 miles in the former category - and the Marine Theatre is putting on a
great programme of major folk concerts these days, with some of the acts
probably not coming any further west on their tours, so I will give the venue a
listing from time to time. The main one below caught my eye in Steve Cunio's 'Sadfolk'
(www.sadfolk.co.uk)
latest Somerset & Dorset email circular listings as Harberton Folk put on Blazin'
Fiddles at the Ariel Centre in Totnes way back in 2003 and 2005:
Saturday 26 February 2022 - Blazin' Fiddles - Marine Theatre, Church St, Lyme
Regis DT7 3QA
One of the world’s most prolific fiddle groups, Blazin’ Fiddles, formed for a
one-off tour of the Scottish Highlands in 1999 are still raising roofs far and
wide well over two decades later.
www.marinetheatre.com/blazin-fiddles
A quick scan of
www.marinetheatre.com/category/music reveals all these goodies too:
Saturday 23 October 2021 - Martin & Eliza Carthy
Saturday 27 November 2021 - The Strawbs
Sunday 19 December 2021 - The Young’uns
Friday 18 February 2022 - Lau
Thursday 10 March 2022 - Chris Wood
Friday 8 April 2022 - Jon Boden & The Remnant Strings
Thursday 19 May 2022 - Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting
Milverton Music Club - Victoria Rooms, Fore
St, Milverton, Taunton TA4 1JU
Outside our normal coverage area really, but anyway...
Monthly open mic sessions on the First Friday - seats must currently be booked
in advance: email
milvertonmusicclub@gmail.com.
See
www.milvertonmusic.co.uk for details of these future guest nights:
Friday 3 December 2021 - Moscow Drug Club
Friday 18 February 2022 - Flats & Sharps
Thursday 22
April 2022 - Flook
Brixham Folk Club will be meeting next on Friday 1 October in its new
venue: 'The Trawler' at 66 North Boundary Road, Brixham TQ5 8LA.
Exmouth Folk Club will be restarting its regular 4th Sundays on
Sunday 26 September 7pm at the GWRSA Railway Club, 3-5 Royal Avenue, Exmouth EX8
1EN. For more information call Chris Austin 07812 688432. Free admission, all
performers and supporters welcome, acoustic only. Real ales are served and there
is parking and level access.
Lympstone Folk update
Lympstone Folk return to the Loft at The Redwing on Wednesday 22nd September and
thereafter on the fourth Wednesday of the month.
News from the (Folk) Clubs
Teignmouth Folk Club continues its Zoom meetings on Thursday 26 August
7.30pm.
See the Club's Facebook page
www.facebook.com/groups/233792233306152 for Martyn's Zoom Meeting
invitation.
Acoustic Warehouse Music & Performance
Club, Passage House Inn, Hackney Lane, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ12 3QH
The AWMPC open mic club has now restarted monthly on the First Wednesday of each
month. The next session is 1st September with prompt start at 7.15pm and a
finish at 10.00pm. More information from Nigel Dee 07989 180091
www.facebook.com/Acoustic.Warehouse.TQ123QH.
Totnes Folk Club
The Club plans to resume its regular second Thursday meetings on 14 October.
As before it will be upstairs at the Dartmouth Inn Totnes, kicking off at 8pm
and it will be a singers night.
Pennymoor Singaround Folk Club
The Club has had to move venue. Now at The Lamb Inn, Sandford on the third
Wednesday each month.
Milverton Music Club
At a few miles north of Wellington, the MMC is a little outside our normal
coverage area, but they have occasional top-flight guests (book early! -
15/10/21 Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman; 22/4/22 Flook) in addition to regular first
Friday monthly sessions which resume on Friday 3 September - but with restricted
seating this first session is already a 'sellout', all available seats have been
reserved.
www.milvertonmusic.co.uk/index.html.
The Acoustic Calendar
Tony Watts, creator of The Acoustic Calendar, has decided to hang up his
keyboard and will not be restarting his listings as we come out of Covid
restrictions. You can read his full 'Farewell Message' on his website:
https://sanchobramble.weebly.com. Happy retirement, Tony!
Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose: I've been enjoying lots of music on Youtube
and only recently came across a 2014 concert performed by Eliza & Saul in St.
George's Church, Headstone, Harrow which reminded me of the wonderful show they
did for us at Harberton Parish Hall back in January 2001.
Enjoy the high quality video and audio at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef22ID0qb0Q&list=PLjeyCtW07nIs5YQ41j9ASZwKUHlpMJprk&index=1.
News from Tom & Barbara Brown in North Devon - Shammick Acoustic Club
Closing after 18 Years
On 25th June Barbara wrote:
"The other sad announcement [after cancelling all their 2020 club concerts]
we have to make is that, due to continuing ill health on my and Tom's parts, the
club will not be reopening next year. We'll try to have a get-together when the
C-19 problems are over, but otherwise, that is the end of a wonderful eighteen
years of Shammick Acoustic. Thanks to all of you who have supported it over the
years, and to Phil and Cynth McGuinness, late of the Top George, who started us
off on this journey, and to Chris and Debbie Batchelor at the Pack o’ Cards, who
have been such brilliant hosts over the last eleven years."
Tom & Barbara supported our Harberton Folk concert with Ben & Joe Broughton
in Harberton in April 2001.
Thanks for all the music, Tom & Barbara!
Cecil Sharp's People.org.uk
A one-stop website for all the singers, musicians and dancers who met Cecil
Sharp, as he travelled around England collecting folk music and dance between
1903-23. You can read about their lives. Over 650 individuals in hundreds of
locations. They were working people – agricultural labourers, glovers,
laundresses, sailors, shoemakers etc. Their stories should be told!
https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk.
The Mike Harding Folk Show
The former BBC folk show host presented a weekly show of his own online from
30 December 2012 to 22 October 2017 (over 250 programmes), and since then has
presented further roughly monthly shows which still continue. All 270+ shows are
available as podcasts
at
www.mikehardingfolkshow.com.
Folk news slightly further afield:
Somerset & Dorset (SaDFolk) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
SaDFolk always includes full details of upcoming
events, workshops and courses at Halsway Manor in Somerset which is
owned by the Halsway Manor Society who operate the manor as a national centre
for the folk arts, the only residential folk centre in the UK.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
...and not forgetting
www.flaxey-green.co.uk (and
www.devonfolk.co.uk) for further detailed county-wide Devon listings, including many
regular pub sessions, folk dance clubs and much more.
A quick note on what gets
listed below (and in the Diary on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk):
The listings are of course primarily intended for 'folk' events; they will
occasionally include Americana, blues and other genres, particularly if the
event organisers have taken the trouble to send me material. Be assured though, they
will never include tribute bands! (excellent though many of these are) These e-circulars usually cover the full Diary
for the coming 4 to 5 weeks, while the website Diary is completely open-ended.
Frequency of
these emails
I used to try to get these emails out once a week, but now they seem to be
every 10-14 days. Perhaps that's not a bad thing - reducing the information
overload - but it does mean that contributors need to give me as much notice as
possible to hopefully ensure that their items can be included in good time. JC
Changing your subscription
details:
If you change your email, or decide that you don't want to get these
messages any longer, please scroll right to the bottom of any Harberton Folk
e-circular where you will find links to the Mailchimp system which will enable
you to make the appropriate changes.
[this exact wording borrowed from a recent SaDFolk email (Somerset and Dorset
Folk) - see Part Two below]
Important Admin note: Email delivery problems
I've had problems sending the previous two circulars to 190+ addresses (mainly
BTInternet, BTOpenworld, Yahoo,
Sky, AOL, plus a few others, all of which use the Yahoo email platform). The
circulars have been soft-bounced, i.e. rejected, on both recent occasion by most
of those addresses "for policy reasons".
When the same address soft-bounces several circulars in succession, MailChimp
(the system I use to send circulars) eventually hard-bounces that address, i.e.
permanently removes it from the circulation and I, as Admin, cannot then
reinstate that address, although the person in question can re-subscribe
themself.
This has happened a couple of times over the last 12 months and I have no real
idea why it happens, so it's very difficult trying to do anything about it. But
this present circular is a trial inasmuch as it employs simpler formatting with
less complex underlying code in the hope this may increase the acceptance rate.
In the interim I have been communicating directly with the 190+ about this problem and I would like to thank the large number of them who very helpfully responded to my last communication when I sent a copy of the latest missing circular as a PDF file attachment, apparently successfully, whereas an attempt to simply forward a copy of the original circular to a test group of 10 addresses failed.
Several people also mentioned that they had an
alternative email address which could be used for receiving the circulars - and
I would ask anyone in this position to please use the 'update subscription
preferences' link at the very foot of any circular to update their email address
in the MailChimp data base accordingly. Should you no longer be able to access
any original circular, I can update your email address for you on request (but
it's best if you do it yourself if possible).
If you change to a Gmail address, please note that my circulars may arrive in
your Promotions inbox folder.
It remains to be seen whether the 190+ will actually receive this circular.
[version sent on 8/6/18 to remainder of 270 contacts 'cleaned' by MailChimp,
inviting re-subscription]
Once again this copy of yesterday's Harberton Folk email circular is being sent
directly from my laptop (not via MailChimp, nor in MailChimp format this time)
to those mostly btinternet / btopenworld / yahoo / aol / sky email addresses who
were removed a while back from Harberton Folk's MailChimp database due to
unknown circumstances and have not yet re-subscribed.
If you wish to continue receiving the regular
circulars, please re-subscribe by going to
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
where you’ll find a link to a short form to complete – and you’ll be back on the
list.
Or simply reply to this email and ask me to
re-subscribe you.
You can view Harberton Folk's GDPR-compliant Privacy Policy on the website.
Note that the e-circulars are now being sent from
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
At some point in the not too distant future I will no longer be able to continue
sending these separate copies to you.
Best wishes
John Culf
[version sent to NON-GDPR segment on 8/6/18]
GDPR - Still time to update your preferences to
continue receiving Harberton Folk Circulars - Please act now
The new GDPR data protection law came into force on May 25th.
I'm still hoping some more of the people who have not yet UPDATED THEIR
PREFERENCES appropriately (see the link at the very foot of this circular) will
do so to enable me to continue sending them the circulars. You will also find an
'unsubscribe' link there, should you need it.
The full list of 1350+ contacts is now effectively split into two parts, one
containing the 955 contacts who have already updated, the other (to which this
customised version of yesterday's circular is being sent) containing the
remainder.
Alternatively, you can simply reply to this email and I
can do the updates for you, if you tell me that is your wish.
New contacts can subscribe to the circulation at any time via a link provided on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
[version sent to GDPR CONSENT segment on 7/6/18]
Firstly, my thanks to the 955 contacts who have (thus far) confirmed their
consent to continue receiving Harberton Folk emails. My list is now effectively
divided into two parts, i.e. those who have, and those who have not (yet),
re-confirmed. I'm now able to send separately to the two groups and will be
sending further GDPR reminders (with the circular) to the latter group, and can
assure everyone receiving this version of today's that this is the last time I
will mention GDPR! Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
Harberton Folk Circular - Friday 25
May 2018
If you would like to
continue receiving Harberton Folk email circulars...
...you must confirm your consent to do so - or your contact details will soon be
removed from the circulation!
I know many of you will be fed up of receiving emails about GDPR - but today May 25th is the day the new law comes into force.
To date, barely half of my 1300+ contacts have signed up for continued circulars
and I am sure there are many more who wish to remain on the list but just
haven't got round to taking the appropriate action yet.
Even if you don't read any more of this circular, jump to the
"Update subscription preferences"
link at the very foot of this email which will offer you a very short simple
form to complete - your existing details will already be there (with asterisks
blanking most of your email address for security) - just
tick both the vacant boxes and click 'Update Profile'. You can enter
a completely different email address if you wish. (You could even
'Unsubscribe'!)
I intend to send several further reminders about this in the coming days because
I really want to lose as few contacts as possible from the list.
Harberton Folk Circular - Tuesday 15
May 2018
Sorry it's been so long since the last circular. GDPR stuff has been taking up a
lot of my spare time, but I think I'm almost there now.
GDPR Update - My Next Email will Require Action
on Your Part
My next email (hopefully tomorrow) will be particularly important as it will
hopefully ensure that the Harberton Folk email circulation is operating in
compliance with the new General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) coming into force with effect from 25 May 2018.
You must take action as indicated in that next email (or any subsequent
reminders) if you wish to continue receiving the e-circulars, i.e.
re-confirm your consent to receive Harberton Folk e-circulars.
If you do not, we will unfortunately be obliged to remove your name and
email address from the circulation.
Sorry to sound rather 'technical' or officious, but this IS REALLY IMPORTANT and we don't want to lose you!
Please also note that a few changes are also being made at the same time in
the hope of reducing the likelihood of these circulars being regarded as
spam/junk by some email systems/providers. For example, the sending address
will in future appear as
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk (in case you need to 'whitelist' this address or
otherwise approve it for receiving Harberton Folk e-circulars.
John
Update on the New Data Protection Law (GDPR)
My thanks to the significant number of people who have sent comments and
offered advice on this subject, following my piece last week. I'm
beginning to get a good idea of what I need to do to keep the Harberton
Folk email circulation 'legal' and will share this with you soon. It
will require simple action on your part to enable you to continue
receiving the e-circulars.
New Data Protection Law
Some of you may have heard recent mention of a new
(EU) data protection law coming into effect on May 25th; some may have even
heard its name: General Data Protection Regulation 'GDPR'. I am still struggling
to understand the possible implications of this for my Harberton Folk
email circulars and the MailChimp data base containing your details which
underpins the circulars, and what I may have to do - and ask you to do - to
ensure compliance with the new law and thereby allow you to continue receiving
these circulars. Watch this space! JC
Flaxey Green Website -
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
This excellent Devon website contains a wealth of folk-related information in
addition to an events diary, such as comprehensive listings for folk dance
clubs, pub sessions, bands, solo artists, callers, musicians wanted/available,
morris sides, a For Sale section (currently including a couple of melodeons, a
Peavey KB3 amplifier and other sound equipment.
Reminder for Gmail users:
As well as probably putting these circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), Gmail also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
'Roots and Shoots' on Exeter's community
radio station Phonic FM
www.phonic.fm
Listen on 106.8 FM and online on 1st, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) Mondays of the month
6.00pm to 8.00pm. Featuring the best in folk/roots music with a strong emphasis
on local music - both live in the studio and recorded. News too of folk/roots
events in Exeter and south and east Devon. We welcome contributions from
musicians, singers and anyone involved with folk/roots/world music in and around
Exeter. Most importantly, listen in, then get in touch to tell us your reactions
and suggestions. Contact Roots and Shoots: Telephone 01837 871498 (Martin
Henning), email m.henning@hotmail.co.uk.
A message from Adrian Bull
"I co-host the 'Roots and Shoots' radio show. I specialise in playing all things
folk(ish) and am particularly keen to promote local artists and events/clubs. If
you are a musician and would like me to play some of your music on the show, or
even come on as a guest, then I would love to hear from you. I am also keen to
have promoters, folk club organisers on the programme."
'Technical' Notes
1) I send copies of my circulars to several different email addresses of my own
(Plusnet, Hotmail, Gmail) to help check that as many as possible are reaching
their intended recipients. Last week the copy to my Plusnet address unusually
finished up in my spam folder. Very occasionally a copy may disappear without
trace. I have no idea why - the joys of email! Anyway, if you think you may be
missing a copy at any time, you can always find the full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk, along with the most recent circular(s).
2) A chance communication with a recipient of these circulars has revealed that
Gmail, as well as probably putting the circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
The person in question had failed to see the 'Christmas events' section in Part
because of the above clipping.
The following interesting item appeared in Steve Cunio's Somerset & Dorset
Folk Events Diary email today - Have any Harberton Folk recipients experienced
this issue yet?
"Do you use Gmail?
I've had a couple of emails from people asking why SaDFolk had started to send
them Google Calendar invitations to events they had no interest in. I haven't
changed anything here, but following a bit of searching round the Net, I found
that Google had made this 'improvement' to their service.
If you have a Gmail account and a Google Calendar account and any email you
receive contains something which Google interprets as an event you might want to
go to, it automatically adds the invitation to your calendar and sends you an
email about it.
To turn this off, you need log into your Google Calendar then click on the gear
wheel icon in the top right, select ‘settings’ then look for ‘Events in Gmail’.
Under that there should be a ‘Add automatically’ setting. Deselect that and the
problem should go away."
Please let me know (by reply to this email) if you as a Harberton Folk
recipient have experienced this issue. Thanks. JC
Folk Music Maps - for Devon and Beyond
Do you want a quick visual guide to folk song and dance clubs elsewhere in
Devon? Try the map on
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Folk_song_and_dance_clubs_map.html. Or further
afield? Another (global) folk music map is available at
www.folkmusicmap.wordpress.com (could do with a little udpating in places).
Folklore & Mythology Resource Guide
I've added the following link
www.supersummary.com/folklore-mythology-guide (Folklore and Mythology
Resource Guide) to the Links page page on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Devon Sessions Map on
Flaxey Green
A useful map showing many of the regular pub sessions happening in Devon can
be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Sessions_map.html. This is not necessarily
exhaustive and, as I know from my own earlier experience, notoriously difficult
to keep up to date so do please take a look and let FG's Trevor know of any
changes, additions etc.
Folk Club Map
"This could be a really useful resource but it will rely on a
community effort to keep it up to date. Have a look at:
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zV_JF5o4YYCs.k5CBvD6DMEsI and, if your club
or session isn't there, why not add it?"
[An interesting item gleaned from Steve Cunio's latest 'Sadfolk' (Somerset &
Dorset Folk) email circular - see
www.sadfolk.co.uk to sign up. I'll be adding the Folk Club Map link to the
Links page on www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.]
Interesting history of
folk sessions in Totnes (from the 1980s to date)
I'm not sure how long it's been there - I've only just happened on it - but
a history of folk sessions in various Totnes pubs, compiled by Mick Bramich
(with input from others), can be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Session_History.html.
A few notes about these listings - what gets listed,
what doesn't... etc.
The listings primarily include 'folk' events, mostly of a concert nature, also
folk club guest nights, folk workshops, ceilidhs / barn dances etc.
'Folk' of course means many things to many people so that's partly why I also
include limited coverage of some Americana, blues and other acoustic music
events, but also partly because there are dedicated people/venues in the area
putting on top-class performers in these fields - and they take the trouble to
send me information. (The 'other musics' will generally have shorter entries and
fewer repeats.)
My preferred length for entries is 50-75 words, 100 words max. This length
restriction, combined with a 'selection of events only', means that the overall
length of each e-circular does not become excessive (and unduly
sleep-inducing!). The full open-ended Diary is always available on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
If you're submitting stuff to me for inclusion, why not give a web link to
online music samples? Most performers have them these days. And there's then a
chance the reader will take a listen, perhaps like what they hear, and maybe
even come to a gig they wouldn't have otherwise considered!
I don't include information about regular informal pub folk sessions or folk
(social) dance club material - these areas are well covered by
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
and www.devonfolk.co.uk.
- but I will list details of new sessions, for example.
The general distance qualifier has always been 'within 30 miles as the crow
flies from Totnes' (covers a surprisingly wide range), although this does get
stretched a little sometimes for items of potential wider South-West interest.
The e-circulars are sent to approx. 1400 folk-specific contacts (no telling of
course how many fail to arrive for whatever reason, although I do my best to
maintain the email list - several repeated rejections from the same address will
result in that address being deleted) The great majority of those contacts
are within the above coverage area.
And please don't be offended if I occasionally forget - or even refuse - to
include an item.
Keep enjoying the live music! - John Culf
An 'interesting' email problem
Those of you who read my recent notes about the various problems I experience
when sending these e-circulars may be interested/amused to see a (new) rejection
message received from a recipient at a local educational establishment. I have
highlighted the offending word in bold/red and added spaces so it's not rejected
again. This word appeared in the item about Hayseed Dixie:
Microsoft Antigen for Exchange found a message matching a filter. The message is
currently Identified.
Message: "hf21_30 080226"
Filter name: "KEYWORD= racial discrimination: h i l l b
i l l y"
Sent from: "John Culf"